[CR]Intro, and for sale

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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:54:20 -0800
From: "Tom Seaman" <thomas@kokoPedli.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Intro, and for sale

Hello all, I've been lurking here for a week or so. I came on board because someone told me it was the place to go to sell my Zeus chainrings... Also, I love bicycles, and am especially fond of those from the late 70s and a few years either side of that. I feel that the quality of metal got a little better after that so the care in workmanship went down... foam metal and such took over. I did not have a car for the first 10 years of my adult life. I rode my thumb and my bicycle instead. I have a closet full of bicycle stuff, mostly from the late 70s, and need to let go of some of it. Most has been used, but is still in good condition, some not so good, and a few extra-extra good.
      But I'm not a well educated biker, so I have a few things I do not know the date of, I only hope they fit the list... such as, I have a cinelli stem I want to sell that has a stamp on it on the top that is an oval that says cinelli curved across the inside top of the oval, and Milano in slightly smaller letters around the inside of the bottom of the oval, and a simple straight line across the middle. It has recessed bolts, is alloy , and the distance from the middle of the drop bolt to the middle of the handle-bar hole is about 118mm. The distance from the top of the drop bolt to it's bottom is 144mm, it has no "do not insert past here" mark, and does have a few cosmetic scratches, but not many, a bunch of very very tiny dings , and a bit of a mark at the place it was most inserted to. Still got a lot of it's satiny sheen... I could take pictures... But how to tell what to sell for? I would not even sell it if I was not needing money now, so, of course I want the highest bid! But, also because I need the money, it would be better to sell low than not sell. So, I think the policy of a single priced offering does not serve me well... besides not really knowing what such an item is worth! I suspect it is useful to someone here, but not really the highest prized item around. So, I will call it $20. And I will wait a few days and see if I get any response. I will see if anyone offers me more or less than I'm asking, and _know that I am open to both on anything I post for sale here_! If anyone wants to tell me about how to deal with pricing here, or does not like what I'm expressing (or my way of expressing) about it, please tell me! thanks! I also have several usable-great suntour new winner freewheel bodies to move, and many cogs to go with them, including several of the 11 tooth cogs that have never been ridden on, not even ever put on a bike, tho I have screwed them onto a body. I have some 12 tooths also... I'm going to go sort through them and post the cogs and bodies in a day or 3. Now, the reason I got here... I have 4 Zeus chainwheels, a 52, a 53, a 54, and a 56 tooth. I have a 177.5mm arm crank set, but I'm probably keeping the arms. I just sold the 36 tooth ($40), and the 46 tooth ($20). The 56 tooth has no inner support ring, it was made lighter than the other 3 which all have the inner ring. They all have mild scratching on them, all used but usable (the 53 tooth is the least used with almost no actual tooth wear). The original set I got was the 36-56, I got the 46-54 off a dead bike years ago, and the 52 and 53 from a shop, the 53 was unused, but I've put a few miles on it now. Once again, I'm selling because I need money... I'm saving the crank arms because I love them and especially their length is perfect for me. I found I can put a barest touch of a file to 118 rings and get them to work on this set. I'm not into the need to have everything match and be original, so here's some 119 BCD rings for sale, and I'll get 118s and a file later when the paychecks come around again ;-)
     So, how about $25 each for the 54 and the 56, and $30 each for the (less worn) 52 and the 53? pictures available. thanks for listening Tom Seaman In Portland, Oregon now, probably in Seattle this week-end, then back to pdx and down to Santa Cruz, ca. first of march... oh, and my passion for bicycles and traveling has led me to making my own version of a folding bicycle, you can see me riding my 6th proto-type at http://www.kokopedli.com a production model (with upgraded this and that) will be available in a few months, with optional electric assist.